Chemistry: fertilizers – Processes and products – Bacterial
Patent
1994-09-30
1996-06-11
Lander, Ferris
Chemistry: fertilizers
Processes and products
Bacterial
71 24, 71901, 71903, 71904, 134 7, 210690, 210691, B08B 700, C02F 128, C05F 1102, C05F 1108
Patent
active
055251390
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an improved bioremediation process comprising the steps of: (a) inoculating cotton gin trash or an equivalent plant material with soil from a contaminated site; (b) composting the inoculated cotton gin trash; (c) mixing the contaminated soil at a ratio of about 1:1 to about 1:5 by volume with the composted, inoculated cotton gin trash and certain chemical accelerators; and (d) allowing the mixture to incubate for a suitable time at ambient temperature until the contaminated soil is cleansed. The present invention also provides a process for cleaning a chemical spill comprising the steps of: (a) partially composting plant material; (b) mixing approximately 80% of the partially composted plant material with approximately 20% of dry plant material; (c) inoculating the mixture with about 50 to 100 parts per million by weight of an organic chemical to form an absorbent; (d) mixing this absorbent with 20% to 40% by volume of the spilled organic chemical; (g) adding water; and (h) allowing the mixture to incubate for a suitable time at ambient temperature until the organic chemical spill is neutralized.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4164405 (1979-08-01), Pinckard
patent: 4288556 (1981-09-01), Belloc et al.
patent: 4849360 (1989-07-01), Norris et al.
Lander Ferris
Townsley Norton R.
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